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No Waste Wool
A fingering yarn, 50% Recycled Wool, 50% Traceable, Non-mulesed, Extrafine Merino Wool (Oeko-Tex Standard 100), 246 yd (225 m) per 50 g ball.
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Knitting for Olive · Buy at Wool and Company
| Weight | Fingering, 1 (Super Fine) |
|---|---|
| Length per ball | 246 yd · 225 m |
| Ball weight | 50 g |
| Length per 100 g | 492 yd · 450 m |
| Fiber | 50% Recycled Wool, 50% Traceable, Non-mulesed, Extrafine Merino Wool (Oeko-Tex Standard 100) |
| Source | woolandcompany.com |
Use instead
Your pattern uses 10 balls of No Waste Wool.
Same weight and fiber family, and close in length per 100 g. Closest first.
Same length: 2,460 yd. The 12 closest of 98. Buy one extra ball to be safe.
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How these are chosen
- Same weight: the weight number when the source gives one, or the brand's weight word (DK, Worsted) when it doesn't.
- Length per 100 g within 10% of this yarn's, when both list a ball weight.
- Gauge within 10%, when both list one.
- Same fiber family: animal fibers (wool, alpaca, silk…), plant fibers (cotton, linen, viscose…) or synthetics (acrylic, nylon…), whichever this yarn has most of.
- Closest first: still made before discontinued, then more fiber in common, then closer length per 100 g.
- Among yarns that match just as closely, ones sold by our partner shops come first.
Knit a swatch before you start: a different fiber can change your gauge. To add a safety margin, use Skeins for a yarn swap.